In-orbit Environment and Effects Monitoring
Welcome to the Spacecraft Operation - In-orbit environment and effects monitoring service
Overview
The service “Spacecraft Operation - In-orbit environment and effects monitoring” aims to provide a near-real-time estimate of the space environment and its effects actually experienced in regard to the operation of the spacecraft. To obtain a near-real-time quantitative assessment of the space environment, the ESA Space Weather Service Network provides monitoring of phenomena that can lead to potentially hazardous and sudden effects on spacecraft (e.g. magnetic storms, substorms, high-speed streams, solar energetic particle events, Earth-directed CMEs, meteor streams, and debris clouds). This continuous real-time monitoring of the space weather environment provides the relevant information to take informed decisions related to spacecraft operations and helps with the correlation of results in future analysis. Real-time data allows the system to provide forecast and near-real-time assessment of the effects of ionospheric disturbances on spacecraft operations, nowcast and forecast of meteoroid and space debris fluxes (including streams and debris clouds), as well as the atmospheric data (properties) required for drag calculation on Earth, Mars, Venus and other relevant planets.
The service is intended for personnel such as spacecraft operators who monitor the space weather conditions and provide real-time assessment of space weather risk (e.g. SEE, ESD, errors in magnetorquing and sudden drag-induced orbit changes in LEO) to spacecraft.
This service is implemented through a combination of products and tools which can be found in the sections below along with expert support provided by the teams constituting the ESA Space Weather Service Network. Should you require further guidance in the use of this service, or have specific questions about any aspects of the service presented here, don’t hesitate to contact the Helpdesk.
Highlights
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Products and Alerts
Products
Solar Activity: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Solar Disc Magnetic Fields
10.7cm Solar Radio Flux (F10.7)
No product available in this category yet
Solar X-ray Flux
- UGraz/KSO Latest Halpha light curves
- GOES/SEM X-Ray Sensor datasets on SEDAT
Solar EUV Integrated Flux
Solar UV Flux
Solar Activity: Nowcasts
Solar Flares
CMEs
Coronal Holes
Solar Disc Magnetic Fields
International Sunspot number
10.7cm Solar Radio Flux (F10.7)
Solar EUV Index (S10.7)
No product available in this category yet
Solar EUV Index (E10.7)
No product available in this category yet
Solar FUV Index (M10.7)
No product available in this category yet
Solar X-ray & UV Index (Y10.7)
No product available in this category yet
Ionospheric Index (IG12)
No product available in this category yet
Solar X-ray Flux
Solar EUV Integrated Flux
No product available in this category yet
Solar UV Flux
No product available in this category yet
Interplanetary Medium at L1: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions
- ACE/SIS dataset on SEDAT
1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
2-50 MeV Solar Electrons
No product available in this category yet
30 keV-8 MeV Electrons
No product available in this category yet
Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
No product available in this category yet
Solar Wind Bulk Velocity
No product available in this category yet
Solar Wind Bulk Density
No product available in this category yet
Interplanetary Medium at L1: Nowcasts
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
2-50 MeV Solar Electrons
No product available in this category yet
30 keV-8 MeV Electrons
No product available in this category yet
Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
Solar Wind Bulk Velocity
Solar Wind Bulk Density
Interplanetary Medium Outside L1: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Solar Energetic Particle Events
No product available in this category yet
Interplanetary Medium Data
No product available in this category yet
Interplanetary Medium Outside L1: Nowcasts
Solar Energetic Particle Events
Interplanetary Medium Data
Magnetospheric Environment: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
- Near-Earth NRT energetic particles (GOES)
- PROBA-V/EPT Proton flux spectra time series
- PROBA-V/EPT High-latitude/polar proton flux survey
- GOES/SEM-EPS datasets on SEDAT
- PROBA-1/SREM dataset on SEDAT
- Integral/SREM dataset on SEDAT
- PROBA-1/SREM radiation rates
- Integral/SREM radiation rates
- EDRS-C/NGRM L2 Proton differential fluxes
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions
- PROBA-V/EPT Helium flux spectra time series
- PROBA-V/EPT High-latitude/polar helium flux survey
- GOES/SEM-EPS datasets on SEDAT
- POES/SEM-2 dataset on SEDAT
1-10 MeV Protons
- GOES/SEM-EPS datasets on SEDAT
- EDRS-C/NGRM L2 Proton differential fluxes
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions
- GOES/SEM-EPS datasets on SEDAT
0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions
- POES/SEM-2 dataset on SEDAT
30 keV-8 MeV Electrons
- PROBA-V/EPT Electron flux spectra time series
- PROBA-V/EPT High-latitude/polar electron flux survey
- GOES/SEM-EPS datasets on SEDAT
- PROBA-1/SREM dataset on SEDAT
- Integral/SREM dataset on SEDAT
- POES/SEM-2 dataset on SEDAT
- PROBA-1/SREM radiation rates
- Integral/SREM radiation rates
- EDRS-C/NGRM L2 Electron differential fluxes
- GEO Multiple electron flux measurements
Thermal and Supra-thermal Electron and Ion Energy Spectra
No product available in this category yet
Thermal Ions Density and Temperature
No product available in this category yet
Plasma Drift Velocity
No product available in this category yet
Magnetospheric Environment: Nowcasts
Geomagnetic Storm Condition
Geomagnetic Indices Kp and K
- SIDC Latest daily space weather bulletin
- Kp Index Nowcast 3-hour/GFZ
- Kp Index Nowcast 3-hour/BGS
- 3-hourly K index: Lerwick, Eskdalemuir, Hartland
- 3-hourly Kp index
- 3-hourly K(GBI) index
- K-index from magnetometer stations in north Europe
- Nowcast Kp index
- Kp and Ap index on tabular form
- Nowcast Hp60 index
- Hp60 and ap60 index in tabular form
- Nowcast Hp30 index
- Hp30 and ap30 index in tabular form
- SIDC Latest 3-day K-Belgium forecast
Geomagnetic Index Ap and A
- SIDC Latest daily space weather bulletin
- ap index Nowcast 3-hour/BGS
- ap index Nowcast 3-hour/GFZ
- ap index Nowcast 1-day/BGS
- ap index Nowcast 1-day/SWPC
- ap index Nowcast 1-day/GFZ
- 3-hourly aa index
- 3-hourly ap index
- Daily Aa index
- Daily Ap index
- Kp and Ap index on tabular form
- Hp60 and ap60 index in tabular form
- Hp30 and ap30 index in tabular form
Geomagnetic Index Dst
High Energy >10 MeV Protons
High Energy >10 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
1-10 MeV Protons
1-10 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
0.03-1 MeV/nuc Ions
No product available in this category yet
30 keV-8 MeV Electrons
Thermal and Supra-thermal Electron and Ion Energy Spectra
No product available in this category yet
Thermal Ions Density and Temperature
No product available in this category yet
Thermospheric and Atmospheric Conditions: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Vertical Total Electron Content Map
URSI Ionospheric Parameters
Neutral Density in Thermosphere
No product available in this category yet
Neutral Wind Velocity in Thermosphere
No product available in this category yet
Scintillation Indices and Parameters
- Global Scintillation Indices
- S4 and Err(S4) nowcast modelled maps
- SigmaPhi and Err(SigmaPhi) nowcast modelled maps
Atomic Oxygen Density
No product available in this category yet
Local External Magnetic Field on Ground
Neutral Density and Wind
No product available in this category yet
Thermospheric and Atmospheric Conditions: Nowcasts
Vertical Total Electron Content Map
- TEC map (Europe), current
- TEC map (Global), current
- VTEC maps (Northern Europe)
- IONMON TEC maps
- EIS Near real-time TEC maps for the European region
- TEC and Err(TEC) nowcast modelled maps
- TEC and Err(TEC) nowcast modelled values at a given location
- Nowcasting of TEC over Italy
URSI Ionospheric Parameters
Neutral Density in Thermosphere
No product available in this category yet
Neutral Wind Velocity in Thermosphere
No product available in this category yet
Scintillation Indices and Parameters
- Global Scintillation Indices
- S4 maps (Northern Europe)
- σφ maps (Northern Europe)
- S4 and Err(S4) nowcast modelled maps
- SigmaPhi and Err(SigmaPhi) nowcast modelled maps
- S4 and Err(S4) nowcast modelled values at a given location
- SigmaPhi and Err(SigmaPhi) nowcast modelled values at a given location
Atomic Oxygen Density
No product available in this category yet
Local External Magnetic Field on Ground
Neutral Density and Wind
No product available in this category yet
Microparticle Environment: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Micro Particle Flux
No product available in this category yet
Microparticle Environment: Nowcasts
Micro Particle Flux
No product available in this category yet
Known Periods/events of Increased Microparticle Flux
No product available in this category yet
Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: Data Archives
Anomalies on Spacecraft Equipment
No product available in this category yet
Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: (Near-) Real-time Measurements
Spacecraft Radiation Monitors
- Radiation environment inside ISS
- PROBA-1/SREM dataset on SEDAT
- Integral/SREM dataset on SEDAT
- PROBA-1/SREM radiation rates
- Integral/SREM radiation rates
- EDRS-C/NGRM L2 Electron differential fluxes
- EDRS-C/NGRM L2 Proton differential fluxes
- GEO Multiple electron flux measurements
Spacecraft Housekeeping Telemetry
No product available in this category yet
Deep Dielectric Charging
No product available in this category yet
Surface Charging
No product available in this category yet
Floating Spacecraft Potential
No product available in this category yet
Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: Models and Reconstruction
Anomalies on Spacecraft Equipment
Spacecraft Effects and Anomalies: Nowcasts
Orbital Data of Spacecraft Carrying Space Weather Instruments
No product available in this category yet
Deep Dielectric Charging
Surface Charging
No product available in this category yet
Floating Spacecraft Potential
No product available in this category yet
Alerts
All Quiet Alert
End-of-quiet Alert
Solar Flare Detection
Solar Flare Detection and Location
CME Onset
Coronal Hole Notification
No product available in this category yet
CIR Alert
Solar Particle Event Onset
Geomagnetic Storm Warning / Solar Wind Shock Arrival
Geomagnetic Storm Onset
Ionospheric Disturbance Detection
- Latest ICAO Space Weather Advisory browser
- Maximum Usable Frequency for skip-distances of 750 km (MUF750)
- EIS Alerts for ionospheric disturbances in the European sector
- SISTED warning
- SOLERA-drift warning
- TechTIDE LSTID detector maps
- TechTIDE LSTID parameters over station
- TechTIDE TID Activity Report
Ground Level Enhancement Detection
Tools
User Manual
Throughout its existence, the Sun goes through various nonstationary active and nonequilibrium (often eruptive) processes; this can be broadly regarded as solar activity. Solar activity covers solar surface magnetic activity, eruptive phenomena, interplanetary transients, geomagnetic disturbances, and phenomena that may affect the functioning of spacecraft. For this reason spacecraft and solar activity are monitored 24/7 by spacecraft operators.
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❗Due to current unavailability of the SDO input data the performance of some products is affected.